Samoa (or
Western Samoa until 1996) first participated at the
Olympic Games in 1984, and has sent athletes to compete in every
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
since then. The nation has never participated in the
Winter Olympic Games.
The
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
for Samoa was created in 1983 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee that same year.
Samoa was retroactively awarded its first medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing after originally finishing fourth in the women's +75 kg category in weightlifting, as the silver and bronze medallists were stripped of their medals in 2016 for doping.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by sport
* ''As of the 2016 Summer Olympics''
List of medalists
See also
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List of flag bearers for Samoa at the Olympics
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Samoa at the Paralympics
Samoa first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 2000, sending a single athlete to compete in track and field. The country has participated in every Summer Paralympics since then, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympic Games
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